Obesity in Children: Definition, Etiology and Approach

Response to Letter: “Pediatric Obesity—Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline”

(2017) Dennis M. Styne et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

Waist-to-height ratio as an indicator of ‘early health risk’: simpler and more predictive than using a ‘matrix’ based on BMI and waist circumference

(2016) Margaret Ashwell et al.   BMJ Open

Should we treat subclinical hypothyroidism in obese children?

(2016) Usha Niranjan et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Should we treat subclinical hypothyroidism in obese children?

(2016) Usha Niranjan et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Waist Circumference to Height Ratio in Children and Adolescents

(2014) Sudhir Ken Mehta   CLINICAL PEDIATRICS

Waist Circumference Percentiles in 2-18 Year Old Indian Children

(2014) Anuradha Khadilkar et al.   JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS

Screening for Hormonal, Monogenic, and Syndromic Disorders in Obese Infants and Children

(2014) Kelly Mason et al.   PEDIATRIC ANNALS

Association of early postnatal growth trajectory with body composition in term low birth weight infants

(2014) P. Khandelwal et al.   Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

Assessing Early Growth and Adiposity: Report from an EarlyNutrition Academy Workshop

(2013) Leigh C. Ward et al.   ANNALS OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISM

Percentage body fat in apparently healthy school children from northern India

(2013) R. Khadgawat et al.   INDIAN PEDIATRICS

Iatrogenic cushing syndrome

(2012) Nishant Verma et al.   INDIAN PEDIATRICS

Catch up growth in low birth weight infants: Striking a healthy balance

(2012) Vandana Jain et al.   REVIEWS IN ENDOCRINE & METABOLIC DISORDERS

The influence of the food environment on overweight and obesity in young children: a systematic review

(2012) George Osei-Assibey et al.   BMJ Open

Pediatric Obesity: Etiology and Treatment

(2011) Melissa K. Crocker et al.   PEDIATRIC CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA

Improvement in nutrition-related knowledge and behaviour of urban Asian Indian school children: findings from the ‘Medical education for children/Adolescents for Realistic prevention of obesity and diabetes and for healthy aGeing’ ( MARG) intervention study

(2010) Priyali Shah et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Overweight and obesity prevalence and body mass index trends in Indian children

(2010) V. V. Khadilkar et al.   International Journal of Pediatric Obesity

Diagnosis and Classification of Diabetes Mellitus

(2009)   DIABETES CARE

The optimal cutoff values and their performance of waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio for diagnosing type II diabetes

(2009) Q Qiao et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

Influence of neighbourhood design and access to facilities on overweight among preschool children

(2008) John C. Spence et al.   International Journal of Pediatric Obesity

Endocrine Manifestations of the Rapid-Onset Obesity with Hypoventilation, Hypothalamic, Autonomic Dysregulation, and Neural Tumor Syndrome in Childhood

(2008) Pierre Bougnères et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

Children's fruit and vegetable intake: Associations with the neighbourhood food environment

(2007) Anna Timperio et al.   PREVENTIVE MEDICINE